Stacks of colorful papers made for the joy of being started adding up through my recovery, and dreaming through art and design video tutorials became a healthy distraction. -Discovering surface design made me feel like I could combine my blobs of color with adapted technology and tools, to make 1+1=11! The power of healing through creativity, learning something new and my previous technical knowledge gave me sparks of hope to continue pursuing a creative work life again and to make the most out of my physical efforts... I live with my love Shawn, who is my biggest supporter, (he made my headband bow and took this photo!) -To his demise, we've been adopted by 3 grumpy old gatos named Bubba†, Moonshine and Tum-Tum the Whale. They make us couches on demand!... During 2016, on year 2 of my fine art journey as @violetaroots, my life suddenly changed forever. Who would have thought it was possible to fall ill during a dream vacation and come back to a different life? With lots of help from..